Gage for saw-tables.



L. T. HARROWER.

GAGE FOR SAW TABLES. APPLIOATION rnlnn AUG.26, 1909.

990,045. Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS T. HARROWER, OF MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR TO BEACH MANU-FACTURING 00., OF MONTROSE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL-VANIA.

GAGE FOR SAW-TABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

Application filed August 26, 1909. Serial No. 514,778.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS T. I-IARRQWER, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Montrose, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Gages for Saw-Tables, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in gages particularlyadapted for use on saw tables for regulating the length of material tobe out.

The object of my invention is to mount a series of gages on a single bedplate so that two or more of the gages can be operated as one, or theycan be operated as two or more gages to out different lengths of lumber.

The gage can be mounted either as a right hand gage or a left hand gage,and the bed plate gages can be duplicated, according to the size andcharacter of the machine.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1, is a plan view illustrating asingle bed plate with three gages adapted to the bed plate; Fig. 2, is asectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, is a perspectiveView of a saw table showing the gages in position.

A is the table having a-bed plate B extending, in the present instance,the full length of the table and secured to the table in any suitablemanner. This bed plate has a longitudinal undercut groove therein, asclearly shown in Fig. 2, and adapted to the groove are the body portions0, (Z and e of the gages C, D and E, respectively.

Each gage is adjustably secured to the bed plate by a screw a carrying abeveled head e" which is adapted to the undercut groove of the bed plateand each screw is threaded at its outer end and adapted to the thread isa hand wheel I. By turning the hand wheel in one direction the gage canbe rigidly clamped to the bed plate and by turning it.

in the opposite direction the gage can be released so that it can bemoved to any position desired.

The gage G has a projecting face plate 0, this face plate is directlyabove the bed plate B. The body portion of the gage D is directly backof the gage C and has an arm (Z extending to one side, as shown in Fig.1, and carrying the face plate (Z. The arm is of such length that whenthe gage D is moved close to the gage C the face plate (Z will alinewith the face plate 0.

Directly back of the gage D is a gage E, also having an arm a of agreater length than the arm (Z of the gage D and carrying at its outerend the face plate a. The arm 0 is of such length that when it is movedclose to the gage D the face plate (2 will be in line with the faceplate (1. lVhen desired the three face plates can be brought intoalinement and will therefore act as a single gage, or they can beadjusted so that they will be located one in advance of the other to outthree different lengths of lumber.

It will be understood that there may be two or more gages mounted oneach bed plate and there may be as many bed plates as desired and thebed plates can be mounted as left hand or right hand gages.

I claim 1. The combination of a table, a bed-plate thereon having agroove, a pair of gages mounted in the groove of said bed-plate,securing means for said gages whereby they may be held to the bed-platein longitudinal alinement, said gages having face-plates, and an armcarried by one of said gages to which its face-plate is secured wherebysaid face-plate may be brought into lateral alinement with theface-plate of the first gage, said face-plates being disposed at rightangles to the bed-plate and the plane of the table.

2. The combination of a table, a bed-plate thereon having a longitudinalgroove, a plurality of gages mounted for movement in the groove of saidbed-plate, a clamping screw carried by each of said gages whereby theymay be adjusted and held to said bedplate in longitudinal alinement,said gages having face-plates, the first gage having its face-platedisposed over the bed-plate and each of the other gages having alaterally In testimony whereof, I have signed my extending armsuccessively longer carrying name to this specification, in the presenceof the face-plates whereby the latter may be two subscribing Witnesses.

brought into line With the face-plate of the LEWIS T. HARROVVER. firstgage, said face-plates being disposed at Witnesses:

right angles to the bed-plate and the plane E. V. BIRCHARD,

0f the table. CARRIE F. WRIGHTER.

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